Dmitry Dokhturov

Dmitry Sergeyevich Dokhturov (1 September 1756-14 November 1816) was a General of the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Dmitry Dokhturov was born in Kashirsky, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire on 1 September 1756 to a family of nobility. He entered the Imperial Russian Army in 1781 and was wounded during the war against Sweden from 1788 to 1790. In 1795, he was promoted to colonel, and he was again promoted to Major-General in 1797 and to Lieutenant-General in 1799. Dokhturov commanded the first column at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, and his men suffered heavy losses after French artillery shattered the ice of the frozen lake beneath them. Dokhturov later fought at the Battle of Eylau and the Battle of Friedland, and he was promoted to General of Infantry in 1810. At the Battle of Borodino, he commanded the center of the Russian line, and he took over the left flank of the army after Pyotr Bagration was mortally wounded. His last major battle during the Patriotic War was a draw at Maloyaroslavets, and he commanded the right wing of Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly's army as it invaded France during hte Hundred Days in 1815. He died in 1816.